2015: PDP ‘ll spring surprises in S-West, says Adeyanju
National auditor of Peoples Democratic Party, PDP, Alhaji Adewole Adeyanju, has said the party will spring surprises in the South-West, despite the fact that the area was perceived to be the stronghold of the opposition All Progressives Congress, APC.
El-rufai, 99 others escape death as airplane loses tyre
Tragedy was averted, Sunday, when a Boeing 737 plane with over 100 passengers belonging to Aero Contractors had a bust tyre at the Murtala Mohammed Airport, MMA, Lagos.
Bomb near Egypt intel building wounds four soldiers
A bomb near an army intelligence building wounded four soldiers Sunday, the third such blast within a week after the Muslim Brotherhood’s designation as a terrorist organisation further polarised Egypt.
Islamist prisoners on hunger strike in Mauritania
A group of Islamists jailed in Mauritania for terrorist activity linked to Al-Qaeda announced a hunger strike on Sunday, demanding an end to “arbitrary measures” including being denied parole and having to pay to be released.
Female suicide bomber kills 14 in Russia
A female suicide bomber killed 14 people Sunday when she blew herself up at the main train station in the southern city of Volgograd, raising concerns about security in Russia just six weeks before the Sochi Olympic Games.
University to make Igbo language compulsory course for all students
“By the next two years, the university plans to introduce the Igbo language as a compulsory subject for all students in the second year.
“Whether you are Yoruba, Hausa or Efik, you must take Igbo as a compulsory subject, in spite of your area of specialisation,’’ he said.
Madubuike described the Igbo language as the ‘’soul of the culture of Ndigbo,’’ adding that the disappearance of the language would mean the ultimate death of the culture.
BUK directs students to resume on Jan. 1
The authorities of Bayero University Kano (BUK) has directed students of the institution to return to school on Wednesday, Jan. 1
Kwara council discovers 339 ghost workers
Alhaji Luqman Owolewa, the Chairman of Irepodun Local Government Council in Kwara, on Sunday, said the council discovered 339 “ghost workers’’ on its monthly pay roll.
Skulls in Onitsha Hotel room: My story — Citizen Mokwe
Commercial activities at Old Market Road, Odoakp, Onitsha, Anambra State commenced like every other day on August 1, 2013 when, all of a sudden, some stern looking policemen arrived.
The policemen, in a commando-like manner, stormed Upper Class Hotel, located on number eight. The question on the lips of curious persons around was later answered, following the news of alleged discovery of human skulls and arms in one of the hotel rooms.
Obasanjo, Jonathan, better than other Nigerian leaders
The end to the last long drawn-out university teachers’ strike means that students are set to return to school. On the basis of their experiences during the strike, they are likely to once again, face the reality of a wide gap between theory and practice. In the area of mass communication for instance, many students may have to grapple with the real meaning and nature of communication. Having learnt that written communication is generally superior to other forms such as oral communication and body language, they would not easily comprehend why the choice of writing as a channel of communication by former President Olusegun Obasanjo (Obj) with President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan (GEJ) elicited so much anger from some people. Did the many angry commentators read Obj’s letter about which they made pedestrian comments?
Police foil ATM robbery in Abeokuta
Days after Ogun State Police Command rescued the former head of the Anglican Communion Church of Nigeria, Primate Peter Jasper Akinola, and his daughter from kidnappers den, the command said it foiled an automated teller machine (ATM) robbery in Abeokuta.
